A seven-minute film narrated by NBC anchor Brian Williams for showings at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum when it opens in May has provoked objections that it uses the terms "jihadist" and "Islamist" in describing extremist Muslim doctrine.

Such terms, critics say, will lead viewers to equate terrorists with Muslims in general, which of course is grossly out of line.

So far, according to The New York Times, museum officials have rejected calls to alter the film, "The Rise of Al Qaeda," because scholars have told them the terms are appropriate.

We haven't seen the film and so can't speak to the specific use of the terms there. But in proper context, "jihadist" and "Islamist" — which have been widely used since 9/11 — are useful descriptions of a narrow category of extremists. They do not imply that Muslims in general share the same ideology.

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